Darwin would be proud!

[ROMO DIVER]

I was finishing up a class this weekend at Morrisons and saw something I still have a hard time believing. It was the final dive for my students so I was just hovering at the log and watching them mill around when I saw someone heading for the cavern entrance. I turned to make sure it wasn't one of my students when I realized that it was something far more interesting. A fellow in full scuba with an airII was heading down toward the mouth. The interesting part was that he was breathing of the airII because another fellow with nothing but swim trunks, a mask, and fanny pack full of weights was breathing off his primary. I could not believe my eyes as I watched them clawing their way toward the cavern. I immediately told my buddy to stay put and went down to try to keep them out of the cavern. Before I got to them I think they realized they could not squeeze through side by side so they started heading out.

60 plus feet, no equipment, no training???, strong flow, air sharing = darwin candidate

 

[Kevin Carlisle]

I bet they are some of the vortex regulars. What could go wrong, right?

 

[Bratface]

Duh? Fortunately they had a little bit of brains between the two of them to realize it wasn't going to
work. It makes me wonder how many dives (or level of experience) the diver with the gear had.
I have listened to several new divers who believe letting someone breath off of their secondary while
they lead them around is ok. I have been unable to get a few of them to understand the risks and
danger involved.

Yep, Darwin got cheated out of two candidates that time.

 

[CuNanoTube]

I would say nominate them if you had pictures.

 

[ROMO DIVER]

I wish I had pictures as well!! It was soooo astoundingly stupid it was comical. It did turn into a good teaching moment though because my students asked me why I shot down so fast as soon as we got out of the water. I went into detail about becoming complacent and that the things I taught them were for a reason. Also, it allowed me to stress the dangers of caverns and caves because as Kevin alluded to it is way to easy to get in over your head (pun intended) at Vortex and Morrisons

 

[Tessunderwater]

Wow, thats really scary.

 

[ktomlinson]

I was there recently and witnessed things that I didn't like seeing, but nothing like what you saw! Reminds me of the lady I saw in ginnie cavern last month...150 lbs overweight, no fins and bc inflator hose wasn't attached...a little more practice and someone is bound to get a Darwin at either site soon.